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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by palata on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:09AM (#46764238)
A difference is also that Apple has 100% control over the hardware and can enforce their updates much better than Android.

Android has to deal with tons of devices, and allow developers to update their tooling while supporting older devices. I actually find it quite impressive how they manage to do that. Must be difficult.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by al_borland on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:21AM (#46766718)
All the more reason to get the design right out of the gate, instead of throwing something out there and hoping to fix it later. Especially something so fundamental, like privacy.
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